مُفَوَّهٌ
Root: فوه
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مُفَوَّهٌ
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, the latter originally فَيْوِهٌ, Eloquent; and so فَيِّهَةٌ applied to a woman; able in speech; an able speaker: or فَيِّهٌ signifies good in speech; a good speaker: or both signify good and eloquent in speech; as though taken from الفَوَهُ meaning “ width of the mouth: ” or having an inordinate desire, or appetite, for food; a vehement eater; applied to a man and to other than man: and the latter (فَيِّهٌ), having an inordinate and insatiable desire, or appetite, for food: and this also signifies a man who eats much; syn. أَكُولٌ; and so does
مُسْتَفِيهٌ : (K [in some copies of which, كوفى is strangely put in the place of اكول in the explanation here given]:) or
مُسْتَفِيهٌ signifies a man eating vehemently after scantiness, or after weakness: and مُفَوَّهٌ is also expl. as meaning a man who eats vehemently. And one says مِنْطِيقٌ مُفَوَّهٌ meaning [Very] eloquent in speech: and مَنْطِقٌ مُفَوَّهٌ Good, or excel-lent, speech, or diction.
def.2 شَرَابٌ مُفَوَّهٌ means [Beverage, or wine,] perfumed with [the odoriferous substances called] أَفَاوِيهُ [pl. pl. of فُوهُ, q. v.].
def.3 And ثَوْبٌ مُفَوَّهٌ and مُفَوًّى A garment, or piece of cloth, dyed with فُوَّه [or فُوَّة, i. e. madder].
def.2 شَرَابٌ مُفَوَّهٌ means [Beverage, or wine,] perfumed with [the odoriferous substances called] أَفَاوِيهُ [pl. pl. of فُوهُ, q. v.].
def.3 And ثَوْبٌ مُفَوَّهٌ and مُفَوًّى A garment, or piece of cloth, dyed with فُوَّه [or فُوَّة, i. e. madder].
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